Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

SUBJECT: I.C.T

CLASS:  SS 1

DATE:

TERM: 3rd TERM

 
WEEK TWO

TOPIC: APPLICATION OF I.C.T.

Referenece book: Hiit @ School, Computer Studies for Senior Secondary Education.

CONTENT

There are numerous applications of ICT. Some of the applications are:

1. Teleconferencing: is a telephone meeting among two or more people using ICT. The message can be audio or video. It can be in form of live-voice communication or voice messages or data and graphics over a telephone. 
2. Videoconferencing or video teleconference is the set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more people in different locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. 
3. Telepresence: is a technology that offers almost exact experience as a face- to- face meeting, it allows you to hear and also see the other people. Participants are invited using a calendar system for example. During the meeting clear, echo free sound, and life size images are transmitted just as if they were all together in the same room.
4. Telecommunication and networking: it uses ICT technologies such as Internet, networking, databases  and many others to establish connection, control information flow, store information and so on.
5. Telecomputing: is the use of computers for communication. They use ICT technologies such as Internet or Intranet for communicating with computers.
6. Messaging: A message is an object of communication using ICT. The message can be in form of e-mail, SMS, audio, video etc.
7. Information search and retrieval: Internet search engines can be used to search and retrieve information from the Internet. Example is Google.

Evaluation

1. State 4 applications of ICT. 
2. Mention any 2 Internet search engine.

Reading Assignment: Hiit @ School, Computer Studies for Senior Secondary Education. Pages 40-41

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. _____ is an object of communication in form of e-mail. a) messaging b) telecomputing c) telepresence.
2. A telephone meeting among two or more people using ICT is a) teleconferencing b) videoconferencing c) telepresence
3. __engines can be used to search and retrieve information from the Internet.a) search b) google c) yahoo
4. The technology that offers almost exact experience as a face-to –face meeting is called a) telepresence b) tele-facing c) tele-meeting
5. ICT can be applied to all areas of life a) true b) false c) not sure

THEORY 

State 5 applications of ICT and explain.